When Your Enemy Is Doing Something Wrong,

We Are Made Weak Both By Idleness And Distrust Of Ourselves. Unfortunate, Indeed, Is He Who Suffers From Both. If He Is A Mere Individual He Becomes Nothing; If He Is A King He Is Lost.

The Most Insupportable Of Tyrannies Is That Of Inferiors.

Governments Keep Their Promises Only When They Are Forced, Or When It Is To Their Advantage To Do So.

There Are Only Two Forces That Unite Men - Fear And Interest.

How Can You Have Order In A State Without Religion? For, When One Man Is Dying Of Hunger Near Another Who Is Ill Of Surfeit, He Cannot Resign Himself To This Difference Unless There Is An Authority Which Declares 'god Wills It Thus.' Religion Is Excellent Stuff For Keeping Common People Quiet.